The tradition continues!
Former President Barack Obama has just shared the annual list of his favourite books of the year (2019) on Instagram.
Is one of your new year’s resolutions to read more books? At Love Beauty Thrive, we are always resolving to read more (and better). Obama’s list is exactly the reading inspiration we need.
We know that one of our goals this year will be to read every one of the titles on his list. And after that? Catching up on the books we missed from his 2019 summer reading list.
To help you reach your 2020 reading goals, we’ve listed the 19 titles on Barack Obama’s annual list of his favourite books of the year (2019) that he shares made “the last year a little brighter for me”.
Music lover? Check out the 35 songs on Obama’s list of his favourite music of the year (2019). Movies more your thing? Make it your goal to watch the 21 films on Obama’s list of his favourite movies (and TV shows) of 2019.
Here is Obama’s complete list of his favourite books of the year . . .
Obama’s Favourite Books Of 2019
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight For A Human Future At The New Frontier Of Power (2019)
SHOSHANA ZUBOFF
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise Of The East India Company (2019)
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, And The Last Trial Of Harper Lee (2019)
CASEY CEP
Girl, Woman, Other (2019)
BERNARDINE EVARISTO
The Heartbeat Of Wounded Knee: Native America From 1890 To The Present (2019)
DAVID TREUER
How To Do Nothing: Resisting The Attention Economy (2019)
JENNY ODELL
Lost Children Archive (2019)
VALERIA LUISELLI
Lot: Stories (2019)
BRYAN WASHINGTON
Normal People: A Novel (2019)
SALLY ROONEY
The Orphan Master’s Son (2012)
ADAM JOHNSON
The Yellow House (2019)
SARAH M. BROOM
Say Nothing: The True Story Of Murder And Memory In Northern Ireland (2019)
PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE
Solitary (2019)
ALBERT WOODFOX
The Topeka School (2019)
BEN LERNER
Trick Mirror: Reflections On Self-Delusion (2019)
JIA TOLENTINO
Trust Exercise (2019)
SUSAN CHOI
We Live In Water: Stories (2013)
JESS WALTER
BOOKS FOR THE SPORTS FAN
A Different Way To Win: Dan Rooney’s Story From The Super Bowl To The Rooney Rule (2019)
JIM ROONEY
The Sixth Man (2020)
ANDRE IGUODALA
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